Dino Halilović (born 8 February 1998) is a Croatian
football
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er who plays as a
midfielder for Slovenian club
Tabor Sežana.
Club career
Born in
Zagreb, Halilović started his youth career with the academy of
Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 12.
Although in March 2014, reports emerged of him joining
FC Barcelona B, however he was not selected after a month long trial as the club found him to be physically weak. In early 2016, he joined the academy of Italian club
Udinese Calcio. In spite of him linked with Spanish club
UD Las Palmas and German club
Hamburger SV, he moved to Croatian club
Istra 1961 on a two-year contract on 28 June 2017.
On 19 June 2018, Halilović moved to fellow league club
Lokomotiva. On 25 January 2019, Halilović was loaned out to
NK Rudeš
Nogometni Klub Rudeš ( en, Football Club Rudeš), commonly referred to as NK Rudeš or simply Rudeš, is a Croatian football club founded in 1957 in Zagreb's neighbourhood of Rudeš. The club competes in Croatia's second division.
History
Be ...
for the rest of the season.
On 16 August 2021, Halilović joined
Danish 1st Division
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club
Esbjerg fB
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on a deal until June 2023. However, on 10 January 2022 Esbjerg confirmed, that they had terminated the contract of Halilović by mutual agreement.
On 12 January 2022, Halilović signed with
FC Den Bosch
FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...
in the Netherlands until the summer of 2023.
International career
Halilović represented the Croatian
under-17 team at the
2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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, where his team reached the quarter-finals. Although he was named in the squad for the
2015 under-17 World Cup,
he failed to feature in the competition.
Personal life
His father,
Sejad Halilović
Sejad Halilović (born 16 March 1969) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played for several clubs throughout Europe, including Dinamo Zagreb, Real Valladolid and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
In addition, he played one game for the Croatia ...
, is a Bosniak, and his mother, Vanessa, is a Croat.
His father is a former
Croatian and
Bosnian international.
Dino has two brothers, Damir and
Alen, the latter being a Croatian international who also played for
FC Barcelona.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Zagreb
Croatian people of Bosniak descent
Association football midfielders
Croatian footballers
Croatia youth international footballers
NK Istra 1961 players
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players
NK Rudeš players
Esbjerg fB players
FC Den Bosch players
NK Tabor Sežana players
Croatian Football League players
Danish 1st Division players
Eerste Divisie players
Croatian expatriate footballers
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in Slovenia